Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook

Errata

Errata in First Edition of Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook (Copyright 2002 and out of print in 2009 - see second edition below)

DateChapterPageDescriptionReplacement
12/22/2001 4 63 Example 4-4 rise-fall should be 45 deg rise and 135 deg fall PDF
04/25/2006 5 77 Spline function in equation (f) has an error - see new PDF file PDF
02/04/2010 5 90 In equation d, the last term should be:   a6 * g (6, 3pi/4, theta) .  The g is missing from that term.  
02/04/2010 5 90 In equation e, the first line should be:  a1 * g'''(4, 0, 0).  The last theta should be a zero.  
02/04/2010 5 90 In equation f, the coefficient of the last term in the third line should be: 0.2988 * a6 rather than 1.9025 * a6.  
02/04/2010 5 90 In equation f, the coefficient of the second-last term in the fifth line should be:   77.5157 * a5 rather than 71.5157 * a5.  
02/04/2010 5 90 In equation f, the coefficient of the second-last term in the sixth line should be:   148.0441 * a5 rather than 148.0440 * a5.  
04/25/2006 5 93 In the second paragraph beginning "Suppose it is desired ... " the phrase " is between the fourth and fifth knots " should read " is between the third and fourth knots". Eq 5.15a is wrong. See new PDF file. PDF
04/25/2006 5 94 In the last paragraph (Step 1) "We choose a fifth order spline" should be "We choose a sixth order spline". (no PDF file is provided for this page) NO PDF
04/25/2006 5 103 Function lines are missing from Fig 5-21- see new PDF file PDF
12/22/2001 7 163 last line "q" should be theta - is in wrong font PDF
04/25/2006 7 168 First sentence in 3rd paragraph refers to the wrong figure; Change "The coordinates for the cam contour,... as shown in Figure 7-11, ..." to "The coordinates for the cam contour, ... as shown in Figure 7-1 (p. 153), ..." NO PDF
1/12/2003 7 171 Added Equation 7.19b - see new PDF file PDF
1/12/2003 7 172 Changed equation 7.20 - see new PDF file PDF
04/25/2006 7 173 Eq 7.22 - omega_arm should be omega in 2nd term of numerator - see new PDF file PDF
04/25/2006 8 209 Eq (c) result should be 1.029 not 0.1029 - this affects Eqs (d) through (f) - see new PDF file PDF
04/25/2006 9 226 Eq 9.8 has error - see new PDF file PDF
1/12/2003 10 307 k1 and k2 values are reversed in the example specifications. Some values in example were off slightly. Added footnote. - see new PDF file PDF
1/12/2003 10 310 k1 and k2 values are reversed in the example specifications - see new PDF file PDF
04/25/2006 11 323 Some labels on axes of Figure 11-4 are wrong - see new PDF file PDF
04/25/2006 13 401 Eq 13.9 - b should be b' - also in Eq 13.10 c and d - The sign convention for inner and outer is reversed as stated - see new PDF file PDF
04/25/2006 13 412 Eq 13.21a - add a sgn(omega) multiplier - see new PDF file PDF
1/12/2003 16 486 In eq 16.1 lower limit should read n = 1 not n - 1 - see new PDF file PDF
12/22/2001 Appendix A 544 Figure A-6 is wrong image PDF
12/22/2001 Appendix A 545 Figure A-7 is wrong image PDF
12/22/2001 Appendix A 547 Figure A-8 is wrong image PDF
12/22/2001 Appendix A 548 Figure A-9 is wrong image PDF
         
     
Errata in Second Edition of Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook (Copyright 2009)
 
Date Chapter Page Description Replacement
02/04/2010 5 108 In equation 5.53, the numerator of the fraction should be (c sub j – c sub j–1)  and denominator should be (d sub j – d sub j–1).  See PDF. PDF
02/04/2010 18 551 In Item 7, the ratio should be:  Rho / |Rf |  > 2   rather than that shown, which is the inverse.   See PDF. PDF
01/01/2011 5 74-77 Numerous errors in equations 5.14 - 5.16 and Example 5-1 were reported by Mr. David Lockley of Great Britain.  See PDF for corrections. PDF
07/30/2016 7 160-162 Figure 7-8 and description are improved PDF